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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, April - June, 1996

Variable Details

VariableM3CIRC
LabelSituation 3 months ago
Question text I should like to ask you now (a bit more) about your situation 3 months ago, that is, in the week ending [date]. Were you... working in a paid job or business, laid off, or on short time at firm, unemployed, actively seeking work, on a special government scheme, doing unpaid work for yourself or a relative, a full-time student or pupil, looking after the family or home, temporarily sick or injured, long-term sick or disabled, retired from paid work, none of these?
Responses
1 Working in paid job or business 260
2 Laid off or on short time at firm 0
3 Unemployed, actively seeking work 277
4 On a special government scheme 6
5 Doing unpaid work for self or relative 3
6 Full-time student or pupil 132
7 Looking after family or home 268
8 Temporarily sick or injured 17
9 Long-term sick or disabled 119
10 Retired from paid work 175
11 None of these 67
-10 No answer/Does not apply 152889
-9 Does not apply 0
-8 No answer 0
-5 Non-data due to seasonal-to-calendar quarter change 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, April - June, 1996
Interviewer InstructionsCODE FIRST THAT APPLIES
UniverseLocation of units of observation: National;Population: Households in Great Britain and Northern Ireland
SamplingSample drawn from main LFS data. See documentation for details.
Study TypeUntil 2015, data were produced from the April-June and October-December quarters of the main LFS each year. From January 2015, the household datasets are produced for each quarter.
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